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The World’s Coolest Dad

Somehow, thru the magic of social media, I am involved in this 64 person knock off of the NCAA Tourney, to find out “The World’s Coolest Dad”.

After I made it to the round of 32, I thought I would have a little fun with it and see how far I could go. Of all the things in the world I am, “World’s Coolest Dad” is not one of them. Alas, I am having fun with it. I am not cool.

I know a lot of guys who are dads and their kids worship the ground they walk on. In my son’s eyes, I am not one of them. My son’s heroes are firefighters. They always have been. Why shouldn’t they be? Running into a burning building while everyone else is running out. Saving lives. Making the world a better place. Making the ultimate sacrifice if needed. The definition of a hero.

Then there is your dad, he struggles with finances, jobs, trying to make ends meet, life in general. One step up, two steps back. Yeah, that’s me. Not very cool.

I do enjoy being a parent, matter of fact I love it. I wish I could tell you that I was great or I am cool. I am not. If I could, I’d give my ex-wife more child support.I’d buy Frankie all the legos in the world. I love to take him to Disney World. I can’t right now. In loads of people’s eyes, that makes me a really bad guy, a failure, a loser, so be it. I acknowledge my mistakes, my struggles. I keep moving forward. I get out of bed everyday and with the hope that this will be my best day, that I will make the turn and put the past behind me. Not very cool-definitely not “World’s Coolest Dad” worthy.

This is not meant to be one of those “whoah is me, my life it horrible” type posts. I said I was going to tell you tales from The Healing Road. I am going to. They are not always cool or funny.

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Dude, I am not going to let you be this hard on yourself. All the Bond movies you watch with him, all the Legos that you DO build with him, the basketball games, the time spent with him and the time spent with your sister’s family, well, that makes you a cool dad. You’re not the coolest dad because that’s me, but I’ll give you a very, very close second place! 🙂

You have got to focus on what you DO and not on what you DON’T. I have to keep reminding myself of that too, but when you do remember that, the world is a much brighter place for you.